Trial Outcomes & Findings for Syncope Decision Aid for Emergency Care (NCT NCT02971163)

After screening 351 patients, 51 randomized, one was excluded because not syncope, resulting in 50 participants enrolled with unexplained syncope from January 2017 to January 2019.

Syncope Decision Aid for Emergency Care

Feasibility of the study will be measured by the number of participants successfully enrolled at the end of the study period.

One brief post-encounter survey will be given to the patient to assess their knowledge surrounding syncope and their satisfaction with their care during the ED visit. Scores full range is 0-9, higher score indicates more knowledge

Decisional quality will be measured by administering the Decisional Conflict Scale to all patients after disposition decision has been made. The decisional conflict scale total score range from 0 (no decisional conflict) to 10 (extremely high decisional conflict).

Number of patients admitted to the hospital or sent to observation unit at index visit and number of patients admitted to the hospital, or had an office visit or during 30-day follow-up period

Number of participants with repeat visits to the ED during 30-day follow-up period

Number of participants with clinical diagnosis at 30 days after index visit to the ED

Number of diagnostic test (which may include but not limited to exercise stress testing, echocardiography, computed tomography scans) performed

The degree of patient involvement in the disposition decision as measured by the OPTION (observing patient involvement in decision making) scale. The OPTION-5 scale is a brief, 5-item instrument used by a trained observer to measure the degree of patient involvement in clinical decision-making and has demonstrated validity and reliability. Full scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating higher levels of patient involvement.